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    Quote Originally Posted by T2C View Post
    Then you probably remember this one. If you don't have any sight black, you can burn a styrofoam cup and use it like you would a candle. You have to move fast though.
    mmmmm toxic. I can just see the geen/blue sparkly flame.

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    Dip a Q-Tip in grease or oil and light it to smoke your sights
    INSIDE PLAN OF BOX
    1. ROAD-RUNNER LIFTS GLASS OF WATER- PULLING UP MATCH
    2. MATCH SCRATCHES ON MATCH-BOX
    3. MATCH LIGHTS FUSE TO TNT
    4. BOOM!
    5. HA-HA!!

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    I just fold mine down and use the Aimpoint.

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    Re: Anyone paint their ar15 rear aperture?

    I will try the soot(spelling?) methed first. Thanks to all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MistWolf View Post
    Dip a Q-Tip in grease or oil and light it to smoke your sights

    It would be interesting to know who came up with this idea and under what circumstance. Bet they weren't sitting at home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T2C View Post
    Then you probably remember this one. If you don't have any sight black, you can burn a styrofoam cup and use it like you would a candle. You have to move fast though.
    They didn't have Styrofoam when I started. The first plastic container I remember was a Clorox jug. We would set them on fire and bomb ant beds with them. I can hear it now...zip-zip-zip! We would also fry them with a magnifying glass. The ants didn't like us much. GH

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    Quote Originally Posted by Safetyhit View Post
    It would be interesting to know who came up with this idea and under what circumstance. Bet they weren't sitting at home.
    I learned it from a very old school (M1 Garand) Service Rifle competitor before ARs displaced M14s at the game. He kept several Q-Tips and a pot of grease in his kit just for that purpose. I believe he said when he was still wet behind the ears, he learned it from a competitor who started with an '03
    INSIDE PLAN OF BOX
    1. ROAD-RUNNER LIFTS GLASS OF WATER- PULLING UP MATCH
    2. MATCH SCRATCHES ON MATCH-BOX
    3. MATCH LIGHTS FUSE TO TNT
    4. BOOM!
    5. HA-HA!!

    -WILE E. COYOTE, AUTHOR OF "EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW IN LIFE, I LEARNED FROM GOLDBERG & MURPHY"

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    Never had a rear sight need it, but I'll rattle can the front with flat black every so often.
    "You people have too much time on your hands." - scottryan

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    I have used a sharpie permanent marker for this purpose. You want the one that clings to any clean surface and tends to stay. Not all markers are created equal, cheap markers don't work as well and don't last long. The marker works great for coloring in nicks, scratches, and dings too.

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    Blacken it with a cigarette lighter.....or flat black engine block paint
    Back in the land of Waffle House and sweet tea!!!

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